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She says ... The crepe myrtles are beautiful to behold

Posted: July 24, 2011 - 12:08am

Savannah

A big, no, a huge magnificent hug goes to Sara Wright for her lovely article about the River Maye and its swimmers. We do have a good time, and God is so fine to let us still be able to enjoy all of it. I will tell our readers that I could execute the dog paddle before I was 35, but at age 35 a new awakening came to my body in regard to the proper way to swim and I have never stopped being grateful.

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Crepe myrtles have bloomed locally for many years, but this year the bushes are “splendiferous.” And no matter where you see the pretty bushes they are in full bloom. I do not have any idea what their proper tree names are, but the colors this summer are all over the place. I have seen pink, purple, lilac, magenta, white and a gorgeous shade of real red gracing yards. And crepe myrtles do not need careful tending to bloom their hearts out, and what a boon that is to most of us. I buy seeds and small plants from time to time and assure myself that I will water, fertilize and care for each one as if it is my child, and then I never do anything on the list.

Sometimes it is just too hot to be bothered, and other times I am just lazy. Still I continue to purchase the pretties and plan what I can do.

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This summer I have been engrossed in reading and television. I think perhaps the reading is good for you, and the TV is not so good. Since having cataracts removed from my eyes, reading is easier and more like earlier times when I always had the written word nearby just in case. Even today I do not drive anywhere unless there is reading matter in the automobile somewhere. Finding it is sometimes difficult. But anyhow spending time with good plots, interesting historical tales, and kooky ideas and people is always fun and, I am glad to be using my eyes to read instead of my whole self to watch a dull 30-minute show on the Tube.

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After last week’s column I spoke with a nice couple from Sun City, one of whom has recently had bouts of COPD and is as disturbed about it as I was several years ago. I would like to ask these two nice people to please call me again for I thought of some other topics we could explore. My telephone number is 757-3186.

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I have quoted this before but our government seems to get more deeply mired in itself daily. I found an old saw and thought I would share it with you all. Edward Langley penned it: “What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.” Edward was right.

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And a couple more quotes if you will indulge me because I found them also. Oswald Chambers wrote “We look for visions of heaven and we never dream that all the time God is in the commonplace things and people around us.”

And Roethke said: “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.”

Carolyn E. Bremer, a long-time Blufftonian, can be reached at 757-3186.

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